Taxes and Budget Fact Sheet: Tax Reform in Brief In June 2009, Maine’s legislators and Governor Baldacci enacted a historic tax reform package, LD 1495. A citizen’s initiative to repeal this landmark legislation will be voted […] MECEP Posted January 28, 2010 Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Choices: Weakening the Estate Tax: Putting our Future Prosperity at Risk In 2001, Congress passed legislation that would lead to the phasing out of the estate tax. This tax affects only a very few wealthy Americans but full […] Jody Harris Posted June 30, 2009 Tags Estate Tax, Tax Breaks, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Choices: Now is the Time for Tax Reform. Can LD 1088 Deliver? It is possible and desirable to restructure Maine’s tax system to achieve greater reliability and fairness. In this issue we make the case for reforming Maine’s current […] Jody Harris Posted May 19, 2009 Tags Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Testimony Regarding LD 1088 (Tax Reform): An Act to Modernize the Tax Laws and Provide over $75,000,000 to Residents of the State in Tax Relief The bill before you represents the best opportunity for successful tax reform I have seen in over thirty years of observing and taking part in discussions of […] MECEP Posted April 2, 2009 Tags Revenue, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Taxes and Budget Report on Estate Tax Reform Not Repeal of Federal Estate Tax (Augusta, ME) The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) today released Estate Tax Reform: Investing in Maine’s Future, by Clifford Ginn. Estate tax reform will also be […] Posted August 25, 2005 Tags Estate Tax, Tax Fairness, Taxes